§ MR. H. B. SHERIDANsaid, he would beg to ask the First Commissioner of 585 Works, Whether, having in view the recent lamentable loss of life in the Regent's Park, it is intended to lessen the depth in the ornamental waters of the Public Parks; and, if so, to what depth it is proposed to reduce them?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSreplied, that it was intended to reduce the depth of water in the lake in the Regent's Park to four feet. As to the ornamental water of the other parks, he was not at that moment in a condition to say what steps would be taken.